A series of avalanches have claimed around 200 lives and buried remote villages in Panjshir province Afghanistan, north of Kabul. On Sunday, March 1, 2015, bulldozers and other machinery began clearing roads and rescue teams were able to reach remote villages that have been cut off for almost a week.

Ukrainian soldier prisoners-of-war were forced by pro-Russian rebels to search through the wreckage of the destroyed Donetsk airport for weaponry and dead bodies on February 26, 2015 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops pulled out of the hotspot eastern town of Debaltseve in the Donetsk region on February 18, 2015 after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a "clear violation" of an internationally-backed truce.

Traditionally a way of obtaining food, Falconry today has become more of a national sport and a rite of passage for many young Emirati men, who take their time to train their Falcons, developing a relationship and deep bond with the birds.

Rescue teams worked to free people from a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 turboprop airplane that crashed into the Keelung River shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan airport on February 4, 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan.